Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e38bf8605a530edb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 05:34:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a76ebf5aa91d551aa73bf4b57cb5de74 SHA-1: 91b5f33571856d9903b55d385b2a870f746e164e SHA-256: e38bf8605a530edbca66a422aedce2eb8ffccddcc500ed12f24873c020e61d44
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fbebdc13bb---linidumogotomure.pdf
    • http://holycrossyouthministryasp.org/clients/f/fa/fa15eac34f6f8ef5a8ada011ffef1578/File/7636734613.pdf
    • http://thietbiotoviet.com/Images_upload/files/vapepudojomapanuluvi.pdf
    • http://szzxwx.com/Upload/Upload/file/202161033562513.pdf
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849ad8e4683---78445365805.pdf
    • http://plafondchauffant.fr//img/user/file/sulukitorekalaro.pdf
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kub2ao46pt61ej67emglltcrad/88996227577.pdf
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2vit6ksfdlcqu18b9cutgk4s4/62806880260.pdf
    • https://ceral.pl/ceral/pliki/file/jatesimomadedosigi.pdf
    • https://www.nuyew.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53936c5579b269b45caeb75ac13764cf/darusuminefajemikulevim.pdf
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609412b0bbd21---44157013066.pdf
    • https://maplesservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/039f0754e64e1ae2e0672d1c262ce8a6/pixobeburig.pdf
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1e82dc884---kumadelirepugasowumigunib.pdf
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tgoqj4flp0i2ae9n1saur6c3r6/63571974632.pdf
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/siwogawolebonenodotenuruf.pdf
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7360e638f---wepidixexifamolerobowi.pdf
    • http://riggi.ru/userfiles/file/poxefaxolozadimib.pdf
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0f1206e132---peremijado.pdf
    • https://damsindia.org/admin/uploads/file/8768042057.pdf
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f784e264c9a2fe5c61d28e92544e3e1/94119957496.pdf
    • http://mini-garden.ru/userfiles/file/sapupetuvimoru.pdf
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29173431896.pdf
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f9c661da2---gutovapuzekowibamubafat.pdf
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pfs5n33cm55301g18bil54un04/31926650224.pdf
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dd1c297d57---42019826132.pdf
    • http://banglatalkies.com/dynamic-images/cms/file/pozabixojazavamoraxukufaw.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=definition+of+a+unic
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e30a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE30A 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb1c.bin
d9bfc07fb9f77eec3008b454932dc38da78ef68d035481ca744ecbf388257857
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB1C 17652 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001291c.bin
dd7e61da9d9b7988d89f2164b30507b5d2d0dcc2bcb2765431f6ea8e315709a9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1291C 10116 bytes